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2014-15 Performances

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5.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
32
Goals
4
Assists
13
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He wasn't a problem at all today. Some poor crosses, some good ones, shit corners as always, got an assist. Was an average performance, by no means poor, not great but not poor. Pushed off the ball a bit too easily late on as he tired and then he got subbed off. He was looking much better in recent weeks out on the right wing and should play there consistently for us as it suits him with us playing with pace and width, IMO at least.

Those saying he was awful today are having a laugh. Van persie was useless. Fellaini was relatively useless. Di Maria was not useless by any means.
 
Speak said:
You pay this sort of money for a consistent match-winner... and he isn't one.
The one thing that stood out today was the lack of focal point. The Lack of a match-winner. That player with just that bit extra six or seven times out of 10.

The commentator compared Rooney to Ronaldo, in terms of being the main man, which really drums it home.
That's why someone like Bale would be a no brainer.
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Spot on di Maria is too unreliable to be that player, shocking how much we paid for him really, pure desperation on our part. Rooney, falcao and RVP aren't good enough to be that kind of player anymore either and we have been buying other players who aren't quite good enough for the kind of money that should get you a lot more.
 
bosnian_red said:
He wasn't a problem at all today. Some poor crosses, some good ones, shit corners as always, got an assist. Was an average performance, by no means poor, not great but not poor. Pushed off the ball a bit too easily late on as he tired and then he got subbed off. He was looking much better in recent weeks out on the right wing and should play there consistently for us as it suits him with us playing with pace and width, IMO at least.

Those saying he was awful today are having a laugh. Van persie was useless. Fellaini was relatively useless. Di Maria was not useless by any means.
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Disagree. Thought Di Maria was poor today. Did very little. Gives the ball away far to easily, albeit, he can make passes that other players aren't capable of -- but he didn't even look like doing that today.

He needs to improve massively.

With regards to Van Persie, he did feck all. Probably would have benefited from playing Mata or Januzaj instead. Oh well, on to the next game.
 
All he does is chuck mediocre crosses into the box and goes past a few players in non threatening areas. When Young came on he didn't look arsed.

He's been an underwhelming signing this season considering his potential.

I do think his manager hasn't got a scooby how to use him. I don't think he's even an LvG type of player. He gives the ball away too much for him.
 
He's gone from playing in a fluid attacking unit with Ronaldo, Bale, Benzema, Alonso, Modric etc. to trying to make things happen with RVP or Falcao standing around in the box. Ronaldo or Messi would struggle to make things happen in United's static attack at the moment. I'd love to see Wilson being given an extended run up front. He may not get a bagful of goals (or he might), but his movement would open up defences and we can get plenty of goals from midfield with Di Maria, Mata, Herrera etc.
 
Zoo said:
I think we need to realise that we're nowhere near Madrid's level of last season, so trying to get Di Maria to replicate his role from there isn't the way to go.
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TBH, he also played with much better players as well. Having Ronaldo, bale, benzema in front of him whilst the likes of Isco, Modric is massive. Our players dont like pressure.

His best stuff for us this season came when we had Blind holding, Herrera, Mata, Rooney, Falcao/RVP. Not sure why we dont play to his strengths.
 
He's been absolutely garbage apart from a few early games in the season, yet another top player who we've bought and turned into a complete non-entity because we don't know how to get the best from him.
 
Hed Zitin said:
All he does is chuck mediocre crosses into the box and goes past a few players in non threatening areas. When Young came on he didn't look arsed.

He's been an underwhelming signing this season considering his potential.

I do think his manager hasn't got a scooby how to use him. I don't think he's even an LvG type of player. He gives the ball away too much for him.
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I think we can put this signing in the 'Woodward's desire for a marquee player' list.
 
Thought he was sub par most of the game and he really needs to be taken off corner duty, particularly when he's the one taking them from the right and Valencia wins us about 10 a game.
 
And to think Sanchez and Fabregas went for 60 mill combined, imagine if we had spent money on them instead we`d be competing for 1-2nd place
 
roykeane19 said:
And to think Sanchez and Fabregas went for 60 mill combined, imagine if we had spent money on them instead we`d be competing for 1-2nd place
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Both went to teams with CL football which we don't have. Doubt we would have got them for that much.
 
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And to think Sanchez and Fabregas went for 60 mill combined, imagine if we had spent money on them instead we`d be competing for 1-2nd place
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There's no telling how either of them would do at different clubs. Football's funny like that. Neither Sanchez nor Fabregas were roaring successes at Barca.
 
He can't handle the physical side of the PL and I think that was a big problem today plus his passing was unless I think Shaw showed him how it's done today!!!
 
His passing is so off at times. I say this in this thread for some time. Why does he rathe play more tidy and build on things which come up.. he is trying things all the time and is so unsuccessful. I think he should dribble more through middle as it is one of few things he can do even out of form and then try to make some pass after one two nto trying to play hollywood balls like giggs at his "worst"
 
m1y2 said:
His passing is so off at times. I say this in this thread for some time. Why does he rathe play more tidy and build on things which come up.. he is trying things all the time and is so unsuccessful. I think he should dribble more through middle as it is one of few things he can do even out of form and then try to make some pass after one two nto trying to play hollywood balls like giggs at his "worst"
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He did try to dribble through the middle at one point but got out muscled and that must be embarrassing so I think that is a reason for him for not doing it as much...
 
Will Singh said:
He did try to dribble through the middle at one point but got out muscled and that must be embarrassing so I think that is a reason for him for not doing it as much...
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you are spot on but he still can do better with the ball at his feet than hoofing one ball after another to the goalkeeper. I am not the one who thinks he is not suited to premier league as he is tiny and weak, he's got the same stature as Nani and he didn't have much of problem to cope with that..

he looks really uninterested, should be told something by coaches or just bench him so he will start to fight again..
 
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you are spot on but he still can do better with the ball at his feet than hoofing one ball after another to the goalkeeper. I am not the one who thinks he is not suited to premier league as he is tiny and weak, he's got the same stature as Nani and he didn't have much of problem to cope with that..

he looks really uninterested, should be told something by coaches or just bench him so he will start to fight again..
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I agree he should do much better with his passing, on 1 occasion he switched the ball towards Valencia and was completely off and his crossing like you say was straight to the keeper!

I can't get my head round how his gone from 1 of RM's best players to being at best a Nani....?
 
Ok, what's his best position? I've seen people say its CM when he has a bad game out wide, then claim its RW when he has a bad game on the left, and it keeps changing. On another note, this is Di Maria, if you're surprised by what he's producing, then I think you haven't watched him a lot over the years. He's capable of a lot more than he's showing, but he's always been very inconsistent, like Nani.
 
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Ok, what's his best position? I've seen people say its CM when he has a bad game out wide, then claim its RW when he has a bad game on the left, and it keeps changing. On another note, this is Di Maria, if you're surprised by what he's producing, then I think you haven't watched him a lot over the years. He's capable of a lot more than he's showing, but he's always been very inconsistent, like Nani.
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Yep, and like Nani, you won't get anywhere close to the best out of him or anything other then inconsistent performances until we get a settled and somewhat cohesive side. He's being judged incredibly harshly on here anyways, picks up an assist, created 5 chances in total in that game apparently and as always looked a threat, but apparently was awful. He's one of those players that people love to hate because on their day they are absolutely brilliant like Nani, but they aren't consistent. You just have to put up with them because the good far outweighs the negatives.
 
I'm backing Di Maria and will continue doing so and I think he was okay against Swansea despite being amazingly frustrating. How on earth can he continue to play those cross field balls without realising they are going to have a curl on it.

Anyway...

I hope this is a lesson for all the muppets out there, in the summer don't be banging on about having to spend big money and bringing in the best players. We can bring a player in for 100k or 60m and it means feck all. Some players suit, some don't. So many over the moon with a big name for a big fee but they are the first to say he isn't cut out for it.
 
I didn't think it was his worse game but he seems to be getting more criticism than usual. I hardly noticed him really, was pretty anonymous. He is definitely struggling and looks half the player he was. People bringing up his assist stats need to remember that about two or three of them were shots that were awful and fell to our players. His long range shooting is awful for someone who takes a lot of attempts.
 
was a pretty crap game from him , he and rooney are sh1t on corners.
 
Honestly I was baffled to see how people thought he was anything more than poor in the Matchday thread. Sure he got an assist but that doesn't tell the whole story. Only RvP and McNair were worse than him today. I expect much more from a £60m man.
 
Poor today again, his passes were forced and innacurate, when they didn't need to be, didn't get a good run at anybody where he excels but I think he thrives in a wide position, not playing with much confidence not playing in his preferred position, LVG says he doesn't care if a player costs £0 or £60m, I would say the owners do.
 
Only Fabregas has more assists than him in the league this year. That's 2 more assists than Hazard, in 8 less games. Granted, Di Maria has scored 6 less goals, but he doesn't take penalties (Hazard has 2) and is playing in a much worse side.

The guy is quality. He tries things that don't come off, but more often that not he produces something that gets us a goal, which is a lot more than can be said for a lot of our players.

He's forever going to be beaten with the 'but he cost 60m' stick. Who cares, that's in the past. Di Maria is probably our best (outfield) player, and by quite some distance. We shouldn't sell him because he may not be worth 60m. He was the right player for us, like the manager says, it doesn't matter how much you cost, you have to be the right player. He quite clearly is and will get better as we get better.
 
ForlansHair said:
Only Fabregas has more assists than him in the league this year. That's 2 more assists than Hazard, in 8 less games. Granted, Di Maria has scored 6 less goals, but he doesn't take penalties (Hazard has 2) and is playing in a much worse side.

The guy is quality. He tries things that don't come off, but more often that not he produces something that gets us a goal, which is a lot more than can be said for a lot of our players.

He's forever going to be beaten with the 'but he cost 60m' stick. Who cares, that's in the past. Di Maria is probably our best (outfield) player, and by quite some distance. We shouldn't sell him because he may not be worth 60m. He was the right player for us, like the manager says, it doesn't matter how much you cost, you have to be the right player. He quite clearly is and will get better as we get better.
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ForlansHair said:
Only Fabregas has more assists than him in the league this year. That's 2 more assists than Hazard, in 8 less games. Granted, Di Maria has scored 6 less goals, but he doesn't take penalties (Hazard has 2) and is playing in a much worse side.

The guy is quality. He tries things that don't come off, but more often that not he produces something that gets us a goal, which is a lot more than can be said for a lot of our players.

He's forever going to be beaten with the 'but he cost 60m' stick. Who cares, that's in the past. Di Maria is probably our best (outfield) player, and by quite some distance. We shouldn't sell him because he may not be worth 60m. He was the right player for us, like the manager says, it doesn't matter how much you cost, you have to be the right player. He quite clearly is and will get better as we get better.
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I agree with the point of your post and I'm definitely backing Di Maria. However, the part I bolded isn't quite true. Quite often the things he tries, come to nothing.
 
LVG is making a real pigs ear with his team selections! I suspect we will be hearing a lot more stories about his philosophy! long after he has departed.

Di Maria looks very confused in a United shirt and having a manager that changes his position every couple of weeks can't be helping at all!
 
I want us to change to a 4-3-3 so I would play him on the left wing as we need wingers.
 
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